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Topic ClosedSTL2DWG works but can't STLOUT
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Points: 1 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: STL2DWG works but can't STLOUT
    Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 22:16
I signed up for this forum so I could use STL2DWG to edit a STL file in Autocad 2011, then convert it back to STL. I spent hours editing a file and to my horror you can't convert back to STL with STLOUT!

Basically tried CONVTOSURFACE, didn't work. Tried MESHSMOOTH, didn't work.
 Neither will create a 3d solid or a "watertight" mesh needed to convert back to STL.

Is there anything that is KNOWN to work?
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Points: 1403 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27.Apr.2012 at 09:42
STLOUT works only with solids and watertight meshes.
 
You can try to convert your imported mesh to solid with MESHSMOOTH and CONVTOSOLID - see http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=5117 but the process fails quite often.
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